Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Delivering training to Ontario fish farmers and Indigenous communities for the culture of Lake Whitefish

Lead Applicant: Marcia Chiasson

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Knowledge Translation and Transfer – Mobilization

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: This project will create and share best practices for the culture of lake whitefish with fish farmers and Indigenous communities to help expand Ontario whitefish production and contribute to rural economic development.

Expanding Ontario interactive animal pathogen dashboards

Lead Applicant: Zvonimir Poljak

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Optimization of crossbred (beef on dairy) calf performance, health, and welfare

Lead Applicant: Michael Steele

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Beef Research Centre – Elora

Application of genomic selection for body composition traits in the turkey

Lead Applicant: Christine Baes

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Understanding Salmonella Dublin transmission on Ontario dairy and veal farms

Lead Applicant: David Renaud

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Mitigating the risk of avian influenza virus transmission

Lead Applicant: Shayan Sharif

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Central Animal Facility & Isolation Unit

Development of a model to predict the impact of nutrition, genetics and heat stress on performance, meat yield and meat quality in turkeys

Lead Applicant: Jennifer Ellis

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Newly developed versus commercial acaricide formulations for varroa mite control in Ontario honey bee colonies

Lead Applicant: Ernesto Guzman

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Understanding feather pecking in laying hens: The gut-microbiome-brain connection II

Lead Applicant: Alexandra Harlander

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Poultry Research Centre at the Arkell Research Station

Identifying factors associated with ewe colostrum quality and lamb health and performance, and validating an on-farm assessment method for colostrum quality in ewes

Lead Applicant: Charlotte Winder

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA